The Recent Climate of Competition Has Led to the Emergence of Sizable Rent-Seeking Professional Leaders. They Calculate the Returns on the Political and Economic Investments Made, Which Is Not Confined to a Zero-Sum Game of Winning Elections. There Are Pay-Offs Even When One Loses an Election. Being In Politics, a Party Activist Has a Distinct Identity That Could Reap Dividends In the Form of Prestige, Status and Accessibility. These Could Be Converted to Pecuniary Benefits. Parties Look Like Business Firms In a Political Market. India Having a Population of a Billion and a Quarter and an Electorate of 814 Million (2014) - Is the World's Largest Democracy and This Democratic System Stands In Marked Contrast Since Independence.